Environment

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 shook parts of Afghanistan on Wednesday, triggering tremors that were reportedly felt as far as the Delhi-NCR region in India, according to Reuters.

More than 1,000 people have been killed in Myanmar and thousands more injured after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake the day before that was also felt in neighbouring countries.

According to the World Air Quality Report 2024 by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir, Byrnihat in Assam is the most polluted city in the world, registering an average PM2.5 level of 128 µg/m³, while Delhi remains the most polluted capital city globally.

The Supreme Court of India directed the states within the National Capital Region (NCR)—namely Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan—to compensate construction workers affected by bans imposed under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to control air pollution on Friday. 

The world has just experienced the hottest January ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on 6 February, citing data crunched by UN partner the Copernicus Climate Service.

Villagers of Parandur and Ekanapuram in Tamil Nadu have crossed 922 days of their protest and are heading towards the 1000th day. The natives and farmers have been protesting to show their disapproval of the Tamil Nadu government’s proposal to build a new greenfield airport for Chennai in Parandur by acquiring their land.

Matthew Wright, University of Oxford; Nicholas Leach, University of Oxford, and Shirin Ermis, University of Oxford The earth’s climate experienced its hottest year in 2024. Extreme flooding in April killed...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Delhi due to dense fog, which has significantly reduced visibility across the city and disrupted flight schedules. Authorities have urged travelers to recheck their flight statuses before heading to the airport and to allow extra time for their commute.

Memorials were held in several countries across Asia for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed more than 227,000 people.

The Arctic Ocean could have its first ice-free day as early as 2027, marking a critical turning point in the planet’s climate, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.

For the past four decades, a woefully inadequate and callous response towards the victims and survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy has been enabled by environmental racism, Amnesty International...

Environmental groups on Sunday decried the conclusion of a United Nations summit designed to secure an international treaty to combat plastic pollution after powerful oil- and gas-producing nations refused to agree to production limits and other more aggressive measures to curb pollution.